ELEVEN

eleven, xi

(adjective) being one more than ten

eleven, XI

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Numeral

eleven

The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

Noun

eleven (plural elevens)

(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

(association football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

(Internet, slang, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.

(countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.

A very high level of intensity.

Synonyms

• (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1

Source: Wiktionary

E*lev"en, a. Etym: [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.]

Definition: Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

E*lev"en, n.

1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

3. (Cricket & American Football)

Definition: The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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